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Natalia Alas

A Look at the Koto - Koto - Virtual Culture - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan - 0 views

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shared by Natalia Alas on 12 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • A Look at the Koto
  • The names for the parts of a koto were decided long ago by likening the instrument to a dragon stretched out along the ground.
  • names are written with Chinese characters meaning "dragon's tongue," "dragon's brow," and "dragon's horn."
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  • The names for the parts of a koto were decided long ago by likening the instrument to a dragon stretched out along the ground.
  • are written with Chinese characters meaning "dragon's tongue," "dragon's brow," and "dragon's horn."
  • This section is the main body of the koto.
  • This section is the main body of the koto.
  • After the koto is strung, and the strings are run through holes in the instrument's body and tied off, the leftover string is placed here.
  • After the koto is strung, and the strings are run through holes in the instrument's body and tied off, the leftover string is placed here.
  • These supports are slid up and down the instrument to adjust the sound of each string.
  • These supports are slid up and down the instrument to adjust the sound of each string.
  • they also help transmit the sound from the strings to the body of the koto, making it fuller and richer.
  • The koto is not played directly with the fingers.
  • The koto is not played directly with the fingers.
  • tsume
    • Natalia Alas
      Natalia Alas on 19 Feb 14
       
      the name of the object with what you play the Koto with
  • tsume
    • Natalia Alas
      Natalia Alas on 19 Feb 14
       
      this is what we use to play the Koto. You need three of them for your index finger, middle finger and thumb
  • Natalia Alas on 12 Feb 14
     
    This talks about the Koto, how we play it, the part, with what we play it, etc. It was fun reading it!!
Natalia Alas

Traditional Japanese Music - Koto - Virtual Culture - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan - 1 views

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shared by Natalia Alas on 05 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • Japanese styles of expression. Instruments were adapted and newly created to meet local needs, and the most important of these were the shamisen, shakuhachi, and koto.
  • The shakuhachi is a flute made of bamboo that's played by blowing on one end. There are four holes in the front and one in the back, and so it's sometimes called a "five-holed bamboo flute" in English. These five holes are enough to produce a complete range of sounds; in fact, it's the small number of holes that gives the shakuhachi its distinctively poignant tone.
  • The shamisen resembles a guitar; it has a long, thin neck and a small, rectangular body covered with skin. I
    • maria jose conde suarez
      maria jose conde suarez on 12 Feb 14
       
      it is very interesting because it is saying that that instrument is covered with real skin and iv never seen an instrument of that kind
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  • musical forms were imported from China more than a thousand years ago, but over the years, they were reshaped into distinctively
  • The shamisen resembles a guitar; it has a long, thin neck and a small, rectangular body covered with skin.
  • It was the 13-string koto that was carried to Japan during the Nara period (710-794).
    • Natalia Alas
      Natalia Alas on 12 Feb 14
       
      The koto had less strings before, but it then happen to had
  • koto, meanwhile, is a large, wooden instrument with 13 strings. It's around 160 centimeters
  • The left hand presses down on the strings to bend notes and create other effects.
  • Historians think the koto was born around the fifth to third century B.C. in China.
  • history of traditional music in Japan is rich and varied.
  • it came to be performed by itself.
  • commonly performed with the shamisen and shakuhachi or as accompaniment to songs.
  • Of the traditional instruments, the koto is probably the most familiar and popular.
  • Sadly, modern Japanese rarely hear these traditional instruments being played live these days.
  • Many musical forms were imported from China more than a thousand years ago
  • Jennifer Garcia on 05 Feb 14
     
    This shamisen is similar to a guitar in shape. It is used to play historical traditional japanese music.
  • andres mejia on 05 Feb 14
     
    the shakuhachi is made from bamboo
  • Natalia Alas on 12 Feb 14
     
    This is the information of the traditional japanese instruments and how are they played. The most important ones were Shamisen, Shakuhachi, and Koto. Koto is the most familiar and popular. I found this website very interesting!
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